Hybrid Site Reliability Engineer

at Trading Technologies

• Job title: Site Reliability Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $120,000 - $165,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Flask, JavaScript, Kafka, Prometheus, Python, React, Splunk
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Site Reliability Engineer focused on coding and automation for global trading operations. Joining a culture of collaboration and innovation at Trading Technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain advanced telemetry and automation tools for monitoring and managing global platform health.
• Actively participate in on-call rotations, swiftly diagnosing and resolving system issues and escalations from the customer support team (this is not a customer-facing role).
• Implement automated solutions for incident response, system optimization, and reliability improvement.
• Provide operational support for backend services and Kafka producers/consumers written in Python running on ECS.
• Full-Stack Troubleshooting: Support, debug, and enhance the entire application stack, from our React.js frontend to our Python backend services (Flask, Litestar, Celery, ESK, MSK)
• Hands-on experience building and/or supporting applications written with React.js. Must have professional experience building and/or supporting applications with React.js. Effectively troubleshoot issues between the frontend UI and backend APIs.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Python
• Experience with Icinga2, Prometheus, or Splunk a plus
• Experience with AWS a plus
• Solid understanding of functional programming, object oriented programming and computer science foundations
• Good understanding of backend and server side components
• Ability to work on-call rotation for support with global team members on a semi-frequent basis
• Proven and strong communication skills
• Must be self-directed, flexible and have the ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience working in an Agile environment a plus

Benefits

• Pension contributions
• Enjoy the best of both worlds: the energy and collaboration of in-person work, combined with the convenience and focus of remote days. This is a hybrid position requiring three days of in-office collaboration per week, with the flexibility to work remotely for the remaining two days.
• 25 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, with the option to roll over unused days.
• One dedicated day per year for volunteering.
• Two professional development days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development.
• An additional PTO day added during milestone anniversary years.
• Generous parental leave for all parents (including adoptive parents).
• Budget for tech accessories, including monitors, headphones, keyboards, and other office equipment.
• Milestone anniversary bonuses.
• Subsidy contributions toward gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives (including discounted healthcare premiums, healthy meal delivery programs, or smoking cessation support).
• Forward-thinking, culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity and inclusion.